How to Read This Income Report
Every month, we will be sharing our blog’s income in posts like this one. We do this to motivate and inform you. If you’re ready to start a blog of your own, click here and follow the steps to get started.
These reports will include money earned and expenses from the given month. Some affiliate income gets adjusted due to returns, but usually by the end of the month, it’s been worked out. We also take the difference out of the next month’s affiliate income on the next report.
Also, the number you see in the title is our take-home amount after expenses. As opposed to the inflated, before expenses number that 98% of bloggers who do income reports post. Please also note that none of this money is taxed yet. We make monthly payments to the IRS based on our income and tax projections and recommend all bloggers making thousands per month do the same.
Important Happenings This Month
This is always my least favorite month because it is so short. The 2-3 less days naturally make for lower numbers all around.
Our dry spell with sponsored content continued, but we did get a few things in the works for the upcoming months, so that’s good.
Especially with our personal news- we’re buying a house! This month, everything we’ve been working so hard for has come to fruition. It’s a dream come true to be able to buy a home from the income earned by working from home.
The Report
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LIFESTYLE BLOGGING REVENUE
- Sponsored Instagram posts – $150
- Retail affiliate income (Nordstrom, Shopbop, Macy’s and other affiliates. We love VigLink for beginners) – $18,086.96
- Amazon affiliate income – $681.96
- Sponsored blog posts – $0
REVENUE EARNED FROM BLOGGING CONTENT
- HostGator (start a blog today!) – $10,625
- Studiopress – $615.70
- Aweber – $26.90
- Consulting – $500
Total Revenue – $29,933.82
EXPENSES
- KnownHost – We started with HostGator, but outgrew them after a few years. $55
- Aweber– the best email service for creating, building and managing email lists! – $29
- Social Media Advertising – $10,882.90
- Developer Costs – $100
- Giveaway prizes (this falls under our marketing budget) – $150
- PicMonkey – the best online image creation and editing software – $5.00
- Long Tail Pro – keyword research software that helps us show up better in Google. $25
- Optin Monster – create beautiful optin forms to collect email addresses – $9
- US Global Mail – online PO Box to use with our email service so we don’t have to use our personal address – $10
Total Expenses – $11,265.90
TOTAL PROFIT – $18,667.92
This was a strong month and we probably would have cracked that 20k mark if it had not been a short month. Looking forward to optimizing our advertising and reducing spending next month!
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